Adult, child injured when SUV plows into liquor store in South Chicago
A driver in a white Chevrolet Tahoe struck a mother and daughter as they exited AB Food & Liquor, then fled the scene, according to CBS Chicago.
An adult and a child were injured on the evening of July 25, 2021, when a sport-utility vehicle crashed into AB Food & Liquor at 7908 S. Exchange Ave. in South Chicago, according to CBS Chicago. Police said the driver of a white Chevrolet Tahoe was heading west through the store's parking lot around 8:27 p.m. when the vehicle struck the store's front door.
The Tahoe also struck an adult and child who were walking out of the store at the time, per CBS's reporting. A witness told CBS that a mother and her daughter were the ones hit, and that the driver fled the scene afterward. "The young lady was pinned under the car. I picked her up and put her inside of the store until the ambulance arrived. The driver of the white vehicle -- Chevy -- she took off," the witness said.
The adult was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, and the child was taken to the University of Chicago's Comer Children's Hospital, according to the report.
Where the crash happened
AB Food & Liquor sits at the boundary between the South Chicago and South Shore community areas on the city's Far South Side, according to CBS Chicago's report, which placed the store on South Exchange Avenue near that dividing line. The crash occurred in the store's parking lot rather than on the street itself, with the Tahoe traveling west through the lot before striking the entrance.
What police confirmed
Officers confirmed the SUV struck the storefront and the two pedestrians as they exited, and that the driver -- described as a woman -- left the scene without stopping, per CBS's reporting. The report does not identify the driver by name or indicate whether she was later located or charged.
What remains unconfirmed
The conditions of the adult and child victims were unknown at the time of CBS's reporting. The available coverage does not specify whether the crash was accidental or whether any criminal charges followed the driver leaving the scene.
US In News compiled this archived account from contemporaneous coverage by CBS Chicago. It restores a story originally published on this site in July 2021; figures are as reported at the time.